Ink-well.



PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

J. ROTH. INK WELL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1907.

[X1 'ILVYY we JOHN ROTH, OF WEST HOMESTEAD PENNSYLVANIA.

INK-WELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

?atented Aug. 1 1, 1908.

Application filed April 12, 1907. Serial No. 367,878.

tilted will not spill or recipitate its contents. Another object of t is invention is to pro-.

vide a simple and inexpensive ink well that can be constructed from a sin le piece of material, the Well being preferab y made of vitreous material and shaped to provide a neat and attractive ap earance.

With these an other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the a pended claims.

Re erring to the drawing forming art of this specification, like numerals of re erence designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved ink well, Fig. 2 is a similar view of the ink well in an inverted position, Fig. 3 is a similar view in a tilted osition.

My improved ink wel is constructed of a piece of vitreous material molded or blown to form an ink or fluid rece tacle 1 terminating in a bowl-shaped top 2 aving a de ending central, cylindrical flange 3, whic extends approximately half way into the receptacle 1 and which is of the same diameter throughout its length. The bowl shaped top 2 of the receptacle 1 provides an annular compartment 4 surrounding the flange 3, and in order that ink or fluid can be placed in the receptacle 1 or Withdrawn therefrom, I provide the bowl-shaped top 2 with an interiprly threaded nipple 5 having a detachable p ug 6.

The top of the flange 3 carries a central depending flange 7 of approximately the same iameter throughout its length, said flanges forming a small, annular compartment 8 withor fluid within the receptacle 1 to be ejected therefrom by the accidental displacement of the ink well.

The construction of the compartment ,4 enables the major part of the ink to ather therein while the well is in an inverte posi tion thereby preventing to -heaviness.'

It is obvious that such 0 anges in the size, shape and minor details of construction of my improved ink well as are permissible by the appended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An ink well formed in one iece and comprising an ink receptacle havmg a top, said top formed with two concentrically arranged depending flanges spaced one from the other and arranged centrally of the top of the receptacle, and having a pen 0 ening formed within the inner flange, said anges being of substantially unvarying diameter throughout and at their top being on the same plane and located on the same plane with the top, the said to being of greater diameter than the body 0 the receptacle forming thereby an annular chamber surrounding the said flanges, the said annular chamber and the space between the two concentric flanges constituting a receivin space for the ink when the well is inverte In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ROTH. Witnesses:

MAX II. SRoLovITz, A. H. RABSAIG. 

